Autonomous vehicle laws
March 2021
Does the driving automation law/provision... | ||||
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State | What type of driving automation on public roads does the law/provision permit? | Require an operator to be licensed? | Require an operator to be in the vehicle? | Require liability insurance? |
Alabama | deployment — commercial motor vehicles only | no | no | yes; $2,000,000 |
Arizona | deployment | yes | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 1 | yes |
Arkansas | testingFootnote 2 | not addressed | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 3 | yes |
California | deployment | not addressed | no | yes; $5,000,000 |
Colorado | deployment | no | not addressed | no |
Connecticut | testing | yes | yes | yes; $5,000,000 |
District of Columbia | deployment | yes | yes | no |
Florida | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 4 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 5 | yes |
Georgia | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 6 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 7 | yesFootnote 8 |
Hawaii | testing | not addressed | yes | not addressed |
Illinois | testing | yes | yes | yes |
Iowa | deployment | yes | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 9 | yes |
Louisiana | deployment — commercial motor vehicles only | no | no | yes; $2,000,000 |
Maine | testing | not addressed | not addressed | yes |
Massachusetts | testing | no | yes | no |
Michigan | depends on vehicleFootnote 10 | yes | no | yes |
Nebraska | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 11 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 12 | yes |
Nevada | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 13 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 14 | yesFootnote 15 |
New Hampshire | deployment | yesFootnote 16 | yes, except for testingFootnote 17 | yes; $5,000,000Footnote 18 |
New York | testing | yes | yes | yes; $5,000,000 |
North Carolina | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 19 | no | yes |
North Dakota | deployment | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 20 | depends on level of vehicle automationFootnote 21 | yes |
Ohio | testing | yes | no | yes |
Oklahoma | testing | not addressed | not addressed | not addressed |
Pennsylvania | depends on vehicleFootnote 22 | depends on vehicleFootnote 23 | depends on vehicleFootnote 24 | no |
Tennessee | deployment | no | no | yes; $5,000,000 |
Texas | deployment | no | no | yes |
Utah | deployment | yes | no | yes |
Vermont | testing | yes | yes | yes; $5,000,000 |
Virginia | testing | not addressed | not addressed | no |
Washington | testing | depends on whether operator present in vehicle | no | yes; $5,000,000 |